I've never seen this before

[tinkthank]

Just had a battle in which my sneaky animist and his wolves (the kind you get in a random event) attacked a faraway enemy province -- unfortunately, Vanheim, my enemy, had some forces move in, and his wolves routed very quickly. He was the only commander, and so everyone routed. That province was surrounded by enemy provinces, and so I figured that was the end of him -- dead.

But noooooo.....

Oddly enough, at the start of the next turn, I find him in a friendly province about 4 provs away, with some of his wolves to boot!
He had no items on him, no spells (like returning etc.), and the province to which he returned was not the capital anyhow, and I am pretty sure it was not even the province in which he spawned, but I may be wrong.

Any explanation for this? Anyone ever see it? It sounds like a reeeeeally weird bug which, I guess, is nearly impossible to find. Bizarre.

[Norfleet]

Maybe you coincidentally received an animist as a random event on the same turn? It's possible that it was another animist with the same name and some more wolves.

[PvK]

You tried pressing the "8" key to view the paths - it's not a connected province in a strange way?

PvK

[tinkthank]

I didnt receive any new animists, and the game was on Aran, so I doubt it was a neighbors-screwup on that big of a scale, but I'll check it out. Odd.

[tinkthank]

Just checked: the battle took place on aran in province 44; the Animist and some of his wolves (not a new one -- the grouping of the wolves in 2 troops in this odd way you dont get with a new animist) showed up in province 57; these arent even remotely connected.
There is some really really odd bug here whose parameters I dont even want to guess.
Is this something I should send to Illwinter, or just forget it because it is so rare?